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Zach Bivens

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  • Joined Oct ’11
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Bio: I have been playing pokemon for almost 3 years now. Thanks to pokemon I have traveled to many different states that I may have never visited otherwise. Currently I have 53 Championship Points with a rating of 1896 putting me at #10 in NA Masters.
Aside from all things pokemon related I also enjoy Poker, Video Games, Basketball, and spending as much time as possible with family and friends.

A brief list of my accomplishments:
8× 1st Br, 3× 1st cities, 4th states ’12, top 16 Regionals’10, 3rd Regionals ’11, 8th regionals ’11, 4th regionals’12

Zapping the Don

A Case Study on Countering the Meta “Tackling this year’s City Championship metagame proved to be a particularly daunting task in comparison to previous years because I actually had to go back and read most of the cards from all sets released after Plasma Blast due to my absence from the game. For the first three tournaments I decided I would keep it simple to get a feel for the game once again. At Cities number one I played a Donphan deck for the first time, wrecking my way to the finals where I lost to Jake Dudzig in a mirror match. Donphan decks managed to claim…
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Never touch its shadowlike body, or you’ll be shown the horrific memories behind the picture carved into it. (Runerigus)
Its voice is staggering in volume. _________ has a tendency to take on a threatening posture and shout—this move is known as Obstruct. (Obstagoon)
Its unique style of coiling allows it to blast sand out of its sand sac more efficiently. (Sandaconda)